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Thanksgiving dinner menu, November 28, 1907, French Lick Springs Hotel

Date

1907-11-28

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Tri-fold with two color post cards. Although unidentified, the top postcard shows the Pluto sulfur spring, covered by a gazebo, in French Lick, Indiana; the bottom postcard shows the hotel-spa. The menu side shows a red devil figure atop a bottle, labeled "Pluto Concentrated Spring Water," on wheels, hitched to a running turkey. The "devil" is the Roman god Pluto as rendered as an advertising icon for the Pluto Water Co. Post card side is addresed to H.J. Bohn. Extract from the poem "The Pumpkin" by John Greenleaf Whittier included Menu insert: Poems; Advertisements Restaurant: French Lick Springs Hotel Location: French Lick, Indiana, United States

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New Year's Eve 1908, menu, The Albany

Date

1908-12-31 to 1909-01-01

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Illustration of "Father Time" in cloak, holding a scythe, passing a plate with bubbles to a cherub who is blowing bubbles from a pipe. "1908" and "1909" appear on two of the bubbles. Full hourglass also shown. Short poem advertising the hotel at top of the menu Menu insert: Poems; Advertisements Restaurant: The Albany Location: Denver, Colorado, United States

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Hotel Last Frontier, dinner menu, November 20, 1943

Date

1943-11-20

Description

Note: All prices listed are at or below our ceiling prices. By O.P.A. [Office of Price Administration] regulation our ceilings are our highest prices from April 4, 1943 to April 10, 1943. Records of these prices are available for your inspection. Menu features small illustrations of cowboys, horses and a stagecoach Restaurant: Hotel Last Frontier Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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Thanksgiving menu, unknown restaurant

Date

1870 to 1933

Archival Collection

Description

Note: No date. John J. Grier was the manager of restaurants on the Rock Island Railroad line, which had a station at El Reno, Oklahoma. Illustration at top of menu shows a young boy holding a spoon, saying to two turkeys, "Never mind, Mr. Turk. I'll get even with you Thanksgiving." Bottom of the menu has illustration of roast turkey titled "Even with Mr. Turk." Menu insert: Quotations; Humorous features Location: El Reno, Oklahoma, United States

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